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Jonah 4:7 Cross-References
Explore 6 cross-references for Jonah 4:7 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jonah chapter 4 verse 7 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.”
Jonah 4:7 (KJV)
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Commentary on Jonah 4:7
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered. The second "prepared" thing—vayeman ha-Elohim tola'at ba'alot hashachar mimochorat vattak et-haqiqayon vayyibash (וַיְמַן הָאֱלֹהִים תּוֹלַעַת בַּעֲלוֹת הַשַּׁחַר מִמָּחֳרָת וַתַּךְ אֶת־הַקִּיקָיוֹן וַיִּבָשׁ). A tiny worm (tola'at, תּוֹלַעַת) destroys what brought Jonah joy. The verb "smote" (nakah, נָכָה) means to strike, attack, kill—military terminology for small creature annihilating large plant. "It withered" (yabesh, יָבֵשׁ) describes drying up, the opposite of living growth.The timing i...
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Cross-References for Jonah 4:7
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“and the fig tree withered; the pomegranate tree”
“Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.”
“Cry! One said”
“Naked I came out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there. Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away. Blessed be the name of Yahweh.”
“for you have taken me up”
“I said in my prosperity”